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11 – Understanding
- The written word can spark so much in a person . The written word
is like an artist without actual painting . The writer takes a person
into the future as well ass into the past and back into the present .
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ACTIVITY 1: ‘SHOW ME THE MEANING’
Direction: Describe each social phenomenon in our society.
POVERTY
– the poverty line for 2014 marked a per capita income of
100,534 pesos a year . According to the data from the National
Statiscal Coordination Board, more than one-quarter of
population fell below the poverty line the first semester of 2014 ,
an approximate 78 percent increase since 2013
GENDER INEQUALITY
- AN EQUAL CHANCE for Filipino women in the workplace
and in society could translate into a 7% increase in the country’s
economic growth or $40 billion a year by 2025, said a new study
that ranked the Philippines as the region’s leader in gender
equality in work
CORRUPTION
- In general, corruption is a form of dishonest or criminal
activity undertaken by a person or organization entrusted with a
position of authority, often to acquire illicit bebefit.Corruption
may include may activities including bribery and
embezzlement,though it may also involve practices that are legal
in many countries . Political corruption occurs when an office-
holder or other governmental employee acts in an official
capacity for personal gain. Corruption is most commonplace
inkleptocracies,oligarchies,narco-states and mafia states.
POLITICAL DYNASTY
- Political dynasties have long been a feature of the Philippine
political landscape,They are typically characterized as families
that have established their political or economic dominance in a
province and have coordinated efforts to move on to
involvement in national government or other positions of
national political prominence Political dynasties usually have a
strong,consolidated support base concentrated around the
province in which they are dominant. Members of such dynasties